Pastoral

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NOUN

a musical composition that evokes rural life

a letter from a pastor to the congregation

a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

ADJ

of or relating to a pastor

relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

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